Little Gretel delivers pitch-perfect sauerbraten and spaetzle
Little Gretel’s owner/chef Denise Mazal started her journey into the kitchen by observing and replicating her mother’s techniques at her Czechoslovakian restaurant in Prague. One day she left to travel Europe, working at a variety of restaurants in various countries. Those regional influences accumulated by her travels are recognizable in Boerne-based Little Gretel’s variety of…
Our gaming expert picks the best games to gift in December
Ask any gamer out there what the biggest problem with the holiday season is and most of them will say, "There’s too many games to choose from!" While this isn’t exactly the worst problem for gamers to have, it does make writing the ol’ Christmas wish list a bit harder to prioritize. So to kick…
The legend of La Llorona
The night is still and quiet, with nary a cricket to be heard. Suddenly, a mournful cry breaks the silence and echoes through the haunted hollows down near the river. Parents warn their children to stay inside and lock their doors and to never venture out alone into the darkness or else the apparition will…
Drown by Richie Otto
This week type reigns supreme or at least staves off starvation. Temporarily? Perhaps but to whom? You the reader? What about The Typographer? Isn’t he perhaps perpetually lost in font? Life is a sad affair. Best to take your pleasure where you can. Hopefully you’ll find some here. Story is the only reason to live.…
Michelle Williams leaves everyone else, even the film itself, in her dust as Marilyn Monroe
Michelle Williams deserves her vehicle; she’s earned the right to put herself in the sweaty hands of cigar-chomping moguls with the power to bully esteemed actors and directors into hopping aboard the Oscar Express, wobbly wheels though it may be resting on. As one of our best working actresses, she has every right to anchor…
Kermit, Miss Piggy talk new Muppets movie
After 12 years away from the big screen, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the rest of the Muppets are back for their seventh theatrical release since the original Muppet Movie in 1979. In the newest film, The Muppets, the gang reunites to put on a telethon to try and raise $10 million to save…
